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as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house
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as in to rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers
the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant
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as in to deprive
to take something away from
he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered
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Recent Examples of divest
Trump’s order came a few days after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law that required ByteDance to divest or be banned in January.
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Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
If ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, doesn't divest the app by April 5, the app could go dark in the U.S. again.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
TikTok could be effectively banned in the U.S. on April 5 because of a national security law originally signed by former President Joe Biden that requires its Chinese parent, ByteDance, to divest the app’s American operations.
—Jonathan Vanian,zach Vallese, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
In order to save the app, Trump gave the social media site until April 5 to divest and find a U.S.-based owner.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
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Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
If ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent company, doesn't divest the app by April 5, the app could go dark in the U.S. again.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
TikTok could be effectively banned in the U.S. on April 5 because of a national security law originally signed by former President Joe Biden that requires its Chinese parent, ByteDance, to divest the app’s American operations.
—Jonathan Vanian,zach Vallese, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
In order to save the app, Trump gave the social media site until April 5 to divest and find a U.S.-based owner.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divest
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He was being evicted from the property where the animals resided and allegedly denied access when authorities took him into custody Wednesday.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Denying lawyers for the unemployed and evicted In some counties that have invested in public defender offices, indigent defense has been transformed.—
Ilana Panich-Linsman,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Jones also said a change of venue would deprive him and the families of the other victims of the opportunity of watching the trial in person.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2025
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The nightmare lasted for one week as the group restrained the man while beating him with a metal bat and depriving him of food and water, according to court documents.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The withdrawing forces had tried to dispossess the Sámi people of their traditions; just one method for this was a ban on the ládjogahpir, a red hat worn by Sámi women, within Christian churches.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The writing was on the wall after only four minutes when two Brazil defenders somehow failed to dispossess Julián Álvarez in the box, allowing the ball to bounce through for the Atlético Madrid striker to poke home the opener.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Rather than rising up and killing its former masters, Murderbot just goes about performing its security work, relieving the boredom by watching a lot of entertainment media.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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Trump rejected a 90-day pause in tariffs set to take effect on Wednesday, a bit of rumor that briefly relieved agitated financial markets before it was promptly dismissed by the White House as fiction.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Following the mass exodus of Pac-12 schools early last year, that conference was stripped of its recognition as a CFP automatic qualifier.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Dorion was given his walking papers on Nov. 1, 2023 after the NHL stripped a future first-round pick from the Senators.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Image South Korea’s highest court ousted the president South Korea’s Constitutional Court voted unanimously to remove Yoon Suk Yeol from office.—
Justin Porter,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Separately, Trump this week ousted Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, the Commander of US Cyber Command and second in command at the NSA, and Wendy Noble, deputy director and senior civilian leader at the NSA—reportedly as the behest of conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Divest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divest. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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